Food Review
Trove is an instantly warm and welcoming place: a little snug, but clearly popular with the locals – some engaged in animated conversations over a steaming cappuccino and a slice of cake, others quietly poring over the latest broadsheet or bestseller.
The bowl of spring greens arrives next, the poached egg sitting on a bed of shining, sautéed veg, which is dusted with a smattering of sesame seeds. It tastes as wholesome and fresh as it looks: simple, healthy and delicious.
Lastly, I tuck into the smoked mackerel sandwich, which is served on a hefty doorstop wedge of, again, freshly made bread. Similar to the eggs Benedict, it’s a simple, winning combination of bold flavours and textures.
This is not food-to-go, carelessly thrown together and vacuum-packed en masse. It is careful, considered, made with love.
I find it no surprise, then, to spot a single photo film strip of the cafe’s owners, Katy and Marcus,
smiling and cuddling their seven-
month-old baby, sharing shelf space with a Manchester Food and Drink Festival award for “Truly Good Food”.
Trove grew from a shared love of food and organic produce, free from additives or preservatives. Katy and Marcus first started selling their own conserves at local markets, using jars which they had collected from bars and cafés around the city.
Then, one day, they met a woman whose mother was selling the lease on her café in Levenshulme; they went to take a look, and the rest is history.
trove 1032 Stockport Road, Levenshulme
trovefoods.co.uk
| @trovefoods
The café started out small and simple, selling just soup and coffee, but gradually the couple have added more and more to the menu, becoming recognised good food heroes in the process.
Trove is now an established part of the local community – active participants in the Levenshulme food and drink festival and educators in the making and baking of bread. But first and foremost, it lives up to its own, simple promise: real bread, a good brew and a place to eat and meet.
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